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Adobe CS5 Launch Party!
Event posted on May 16 by PhotoShopLife.org

Scot Trodick

Adobe CS5 Launch Party!  Limited seating! First Come basis!  RSVP today!!

RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/ocdigitalarts/calendar/13505083/

Adobe Creative Suite 5 not only has a lot of great new capabilities, it also shows how they are transforming their software along three major areas: they are incorporating social computing aspects of doing work across the network, they are increasingly adding cloud based capabilities that complement client side software, and they are enabling creation of content and applications across an increasing number screens.

Join us for Fun, Food, Prizes and Networking as we talk about all the new features of Adobe CS5.

• Adobe CS5 New features discussion
• Free food
• Many prizes including any Adobe software choice valued at up to $2,100.
• Networking time

You will not want to miss out on this fun filled event.

Agenda (Should we include this?)

                6:30-7:00 - Mixer

                7:00-8:00 - Presentation

                8:00-8:30 - Prize give-aways

                8:30-9:00 - Mixer continued

Price: $10 (This fee goes directly to having more monthly meetings with goodies through OCDigitalarts.com)

RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/ocdigitalarts/calendar/13505083/

Adobe Photoshop User Group Meeting
Event posted on Feb 26 by PhotoShopLife.org

Scot Trodick

Photoshop Tips & Tricks and Illustrator Basics of Using the Pen Tool 1
Event posted on Feb 22 by PhotoShopLife.org

Bob Napack

Bill Vallely

Photoshop Tips & Tricks at 6:30pm
Photoshop is the premier pixel manipulation program and even if you are familiar with it, you should always be looking for ways to master and evolve your skills further. This Photoshop Tips & Tricks presentation will give you different methods on how to use and improve your PS skills, as well as teach you some new techniques you may not know.

Bob Napack has been creating exciting graphic communication for the last 19 years. He worked for a number of Orange County area firms providing graphic services in various capacities and is now running Napack Design as a full-service graphic design studio. Bob is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop CS4 and has taught Photoshop to all levels of users.

The Basics of Using the Pen Tool at 7:30pm

* Creating straight lines
* Creating curved paths
* Building a curve
* Converting curved points to corner points

Bill Vallely will be showing his skills in Adobe Illustrator. Bill is a renowned artist and with his vast experience and contributions to the Orange County Digital Arts, he has become a tremendous asset.

Photoshop Is A Verb and the Adobe Software giveaway
Event posted on Nov 17 by PhotoShopLife.org

Bill Vallely

Don't miss our Photoshop year end meeting and Adobe Software Giveaway.

One of the few ways that computers graphics have reached the American consciousness is through it's ability to lie.

Hard as it is to believe these days, there was a day when the phrase "seeing is believing" could be said unironically. A photograph was considered legal evidence in and of itself.

Those days are long gone. Today, "PhotoShoping" is a widely used verb - it means to digitally distort a photograph to create a false image. A lot of celebrities have been victims of such hoaxes - their heads being placed on the bodies of different people.

Such activities are mean, childish.... and TON'S O' FUN.

The lesson will be to take the face of Ted Rami (who played Joxer The Might on Xena, Warrior Princess,) and place it on four different photos.....

1. In a 20s speakeasy;
2. As a 50's jazz saxophone player;
3. As one of the cast members of "Friends";
4. As one of the Twilight Vampires.

Each photograph will have a very different feel, and grain texture. The first two will be in black and white, the second two in color.

Windows 7 Launch party
Event posted on Sep 30 by PhotoShopLife.org

Scot Trodick

Our next meeting will be involving a Windows 7 Launch Party.

Windows® 7 Launch Party
We'll be talking about the new features in Windows 7 and we'll even have a true false quiz and maybe some prizes.

If you are interested in attending a Windows 7 launch party ( http://www.houseparty.com/party/210241 ) please send me your name and email address and I will send you a personal invite.

Best regards,

Scot Trodick

Vector Drawing Techniques 3
Event posted on Aug 31 by PhotoShopLife.org

Scot Trodick

Vector Drawing Techniques

Qualify for raffle tickets for our big Adobe software giveaway while learning about vector drawing techniques.

All skill levels welcome!

Do not miss out on learning how to do the following:

• Differentiate between bitmap and vector graphics
• Draw straight and curved paths using the Pen tool
• Convert a path to a selection, and convert a selection to a path.
• Save paths
• Draw and edit layer shapes
• Draw custom layer shapes
• Import and edit a Smart Object from Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop and Comic Book Effects 2
Event posted on Aug 21 by PhotoShopLife.org

Scot Trodick

How to make dirty pictures!
Event posted on Jun 25 by PhotoShopLife.org

Bill Vallely

Bill Vallely will begin by telling us a story about a friend who thought she could make a living using a single photoshop filter to sell "paintings."

This is a cautionary tale - any tool that is easy to use ---- is easy for EVERYONE to use and is therefore close to useless.

This lesson will show how to combine filters with good, old fashioned "painting" to make an illustration sing. I will do this by discussing, and showing, different textures of objects, and how best to imitate those textures.

On a photograph of a mason jar, Bill will

1. Create a label (Uncle Billy's Drop Dead Chili)
2. Create fingerprint smears on the jar
3. Cause the label to fade and peel
4. Create chips and cracks on the jar.
5. Put nails in the jar
6. Reflect jar in nearby can.

Photoshop Party and Software Giveaway! - Wednesday June 24
Event posted on Apr 28 by PhotoShopLife.org

Scot Trodick

Wednesday May 27 - Photoshop Typographic Design
Event posted on Apr 28 by PhotoShopLife.org

Scot Trodick

This meeting is for Photoshop users of all levels so do not be intimidated. Each meeting will last 2 hours. Normally 6:30pm-8:30pm. We'd love to see you at our meetings. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and learn at the same time.

Typographic Design

All the ins and outs of using type.  Do not miss out on creating  a branded product from scratch and manipulating it into a final piece.

The following topics will be discussed:

• Create a clipping mask from type
• Create a design elemnet from type
• Use interactive formatting controls
• Warp point type
• Warp a layer

We look forward to meeting with you and sharing our experiences.

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